Dec 29, 2025 | ANNUAL EVENTS, LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
Mark your calendars and plan your trips to catch these long-standing events in the Upper East Side of Texas this year. Some of them have been around more than 100 years. Others are relatively new as creative community leaders keep raising the bar. Be sure to check out...
Dec 29, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE, LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
While things slow down a bit in January, there’s still plenty to choose from to create warm and fuzzy memories. We’ve collected a few highlights here. Be sure to check the visitor pages of our thriving communities to find even more fun and reasons to smile during this...
Dec 29, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
Organizers in Upper East Side Texas are holding special events and sprucing up their annual July 4th celebrations to honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Created in 1776, the document declares freedom for the European...
Dec 29, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
A Walk for Peace by Buddhist monks and their companion dog Aloka is drawing crowds across the country. The 2,300-mile journey began in Fort Worth on October 26 with plans to arrive in Washington DC in February. In a statement by the lead monk, Bhikkhu Pannakara, he...
Oct 29, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
By P.A. Geddie Exploring Rusk, Upshur, and Gregg counties in the Upper East Side of Texas, visitors find the vast area of the East Texas Oil Field and the resulting fulfillment of dreams ignited by the oil boom era. This region was mostly an easygoing rural farming...
Oct 29, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
Memorials Honor Veterans: Past, Present, and Future “May it remind us that our country must always be defended against forces that would deny us our freedom.” Red River Veterans Memorial Monument, Paris, Texas By P.A. Geddie All over the Upper East Side of Texas...
